Does It Matter Who Your Parents Are? Findings on Economic Mobility from the Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking

Posted: 24 Oct 2015

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Jeff Larrimore

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Date Written: July 20, 2015

Abstract

Coming out of the Great Recession, there are renewed concerns about the level of economic opportunity throughout the income distribution and the extent to which economic advancement is a realistic goal for all American families.

Suggested Citation

Larrimore, Jeff, Does It Matter Who Your Parents Are? Findings on Economic Mobility from the Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (July 20, 2015). FEDS Notes No. 2015-07-20 https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1567, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3718354

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